Mephistopheles
09-04-2001, 06:51 AM
Upon request, I'll post this thread on how to paint your own Tippmann without sending it to professionals, and for a maximum cost of maybe 10 bucks.
Ok then, some of us like custom paintjobs…yet hate the price of sending the marker out and having it “professionally” done. Here, I’ll teach you how to do your own paintjob.
Now first thing to do is take out every piece of internals, including the metal pins. After that, tape up the internals. You don’t want to get paint on there. But only where there’s moving parts, really. This will save you time and elbow grease. Because if you get paint inside by the rear bolt, it will cause friction causing a slow-down of the cycle rate.
Now that you have it disassembled and taped, take some fine-grit sandpaper, around 600 should do fine, and sand away at the black paint. Do this so the paint turns rough and grayish, you don’t want to sand it off completely and see metal. Because this paint is now going to be your primer, since you’re painting aluminum.
After you have your primer, set the receivers down on newspaper, or whatever you plan to paint on. To paint, you can use just any spray paint that you like the color of. Personally, I actually used Wally World paint.
With the first coat, you should be able to see through it. Meaning that you’ll see the color you want, plus the primer underneath it can still be seen. To spray, you spray from at least 1 foot away. Spray back and forth across the receiver. Don’t just hold onto the nozzle and spray constantly. Spray, stop, spray, stop, et cetera. That will be your first coat.
Next coat, do the same thing after the first coat dries. Only this one, the color will be a solid color, meaning you shouldn’t be able to see the primer. Again, don’t hold onto the nozzle, and spray back and forth.
Last coat needed, the third coat. Do same as others.
Now that you have those coats, you will now be spraying on coats of clear-coat. Do the same spraying technique with this as you do with the paint. After the first coat, make sure it dries, put on a second coat. 2 coats are all that’s really needed.
What this all will do is give you a pretty durable paintjob for relatively cheap. This will not last as long as powder coating, but it will still stand up well for quite some time.
Ok then, some of us like custom paintjobs…yet hate the price of sending the marker out and having it “professionally” done. Here, I’ll teach you how to do your own paintjob.
Now first thing to do is take out every piece of internals, including the metal pins. After that, tape up the internals. You don’t want to get paint on there. But only where there’s moving parts, really. This will save you time and elbow grease. Because if you get paint inside by the rear bolt, it will cause friction causing a slow-down of the cycle rate.
Now that you have it disassembled and taped, take some fine-grit sandpaper, around 600 should do fine, and sand away at the black paint. Do this so the paint turns rough and grayish, you don’t want to sand it off completely and see metal. Because this paint is now going to be your primer, since you’re painting aluminum.
After you have your primer, set the receivers down on newspaper, or whatever you plan to paint on. To paint, you can use just any spray paint that you like the color of. Personally, I actually used Wally World paint.
With the first coat, you should be able to see through it. Meaning that you’ll see the color you want, plus the primer underneath it can still be seen. To spray, you spray from at least 1 foot away. Spray back and forth across the receiver. Don’t just hold onto the nozzle and spray constantly. Spray, stop, spray, stop, et cetera. That will be your first coat.
Next coat, do the same thing after the first coat dries. Only this one, the color will be a solid color, meaning you shouldn’t be able to see the primer. Again, don’t hold onto the nozzle, and spray back and forth.
Last coat needed, the third coat. Do same as others.
Now that you have those coats, you will now be spraying on coats of clear-coat. Do the same spraying technique with this as you do with the paint. After the first coat, make sure it dries, put on a second coat. 2 coats are all that’s really needed.
What this all will do is give you a pretty durable paintjob for relatively cheap. This will not last as long as powder coating, but it will still stand up well for quite some time.